Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1898 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

W. S. Duvall is repairing his residence on Weston street. Work has begun on the court house cement walks. Miss Emma Eger is visiting relatives at Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Warren are visjting in Walwish county. Wade & Wood have purchased the Phillip’s barber shop in the Hollingsworth building. Profl R. E. Leatherock returned to Chicago Tuesday after a few days visit here. He is teaching in that city. Rev. V. O. Fritts will preach at the First Baptist church Sunday night on "The Perils of the Saloon.” Everybody welcomed. Noah Arnold of Barkley township, who has been at home for some weeks on a furlough was taken I Hick to the insane asylum at Logansport Wednesday. Be sure to attend the "White Temple Conference” Monday night and Tuesday. Come and take part, and ask all the ques tions you want to. It meets at the Presbyterian Church. Donnelly Bros, {have purchased the creamery building and will move their carpenter and woodworking shop into that building in the near ,future. The purchase price was S6OO. An inquisitive person asks; — "How many stars are there on | the national ensign?” There are ’ forty-five ordinarily, but it issaid that the Spaniards saw sev-I eral millions at the battle of Manilla. Bro. Clark’s account of the 1 Democratic county convention i gives the Democrats four and the Populists five of the nominees. We “ain’t very good in “figgers’’ but we can’t see how nine candidates could be nominated when «>aly, eight offices are to b{‘ filled. Some one has asked why red, white and blue were selected as the color of our national flag. It was because of their significance. : Red stands for sacrifice, white for purity and blue for loyalty, all of which are characteristic of the true American citizen. The Scientific American has just issued a special Navy Supplement, which, for reliable information and complete description aud pictures of our tine navy cannot be surpassed. The finest boat in the navy, the "Indiana” is given the place of honor on the front cover and the first page of this beautiful edition. The retail price is 25c.

I John Eger has purchased the \ i finest new delivery wagon in the city. There has been no fat jobs j let since John was elected to the city council or we might suspect ■something but as there hasn’t: been we know he .paid his own . money for it. Memorial day was a great success in Rensselaer this year, i *■ | The weather was fine and the I people from the country and sur- ■ rounding towns turned out in ! large numlxirs. Bunting andj flag’s decorated the business i houses and many private resi-; deuces. Business houses closed at 2 o’clock until after the exer- • cises. A procession was formed in which the military companies* of the city and St. Joseph college. | The G. A R„ W. R. C., the , fraternal organizations and Sunday school children participated. , The Citizens Band and the Coli lege Band furnished music for occasion. Captain R. B. Sears of ■ Indianapolis the orator of the 1 day delivered an excellent ad- , dress. , |